Chitwan, August 20

Nur Prasad Adhikari, a plaintiff in the murder case of Krishna Prasad Adhikari of Gorkha’s Fujel, did not appear before the Chitwan District Court today.

Earlier, a single bench of Chief Judge Kul Prasad Sharma at the district court had issued a directive to Nur Prasad to appear before the court on August 20. The court has scheduled the next hearing in the case for September 9.

Late Krishna Prasad Adhikari of Fujel, Gorkha, was allegedly murdered on 6 June  2004 by then Maoist rebels when he had gone to visit his grandparents in Ratnanagar, Chitwan.

The deceased’s brother Nur Prasad and father Nanda Prasad had filed a case with police.

A murder case has been filed against Sita Adhikari, Chhabilal Paudel, Ram Prasad Adhikari, Parsuram Paudel, Himlal Adhikari, Meghnath Paudel, Bishnu Tiwari, Rudra Acharya, Kali Prasda Adhikari, Bhismaraj Paudel, Ram Prasad Adhikari, Januka Paudel and Subhadra Tiwari for the murder of Adhikari at Chitwan court.